second cutting is of less value and the third cutting of still 

 less nutrient value, but these are obtained at the dry season 

 when there is great scarcity of fodder. 



339- Juar Jor fodder should be sown with the help of 

 irrigation, if necessary, in May, and sowings should continue 

 through June and July, that there may be a succession of fodder 

 crops of first, second and third cuttings from July to March or 

 April, a portion of which can be dried and preserved for use 

 from April to June. The dry stalks should be stacked and 

 thatched. About 280 maunds per acre, z>., about 22,000 Ibs, is 

 the average weight of the first cutting and the second and 

 third cuttings if irrigated, produce as much again, or if left 

 unirrigated but cultivated in proper season, about 10,000 Ibs. 

 more. Dried, the fodder loses about - two-thirds in weight. 

 If the first cutting is taken when the rainy season is still on, 

 and the second cutting when the land is still moist, say early 

 in November, and if the land is ploughed both times, very 

 fair result can be had even without irrigation. 30,000 Ibs. 

 to 40,000 Ibs. of green fodder will keep a yoke of oxen re- 

 ceiving 60 Ibs. per diem, for one year. Any of the juar that 

 is allowed to run into grain will also afford about 1,000 Ibs. of 

 dry stuff per acre, half of which can be used as fuel and half 

 as fodder, but. this fodder is less valuable than green juar 

 (dried). Juar straw is at least as good as rice straw and it 

 should be given at the rate of \ a maund per bullock, proper- 

 ly chopped up and mixed with oil-cake and water. If 500 Ibs. 

 of grain and 10,000 Ibs. of straw are obtained per acre of 

 juar, an acre will support a man and a bullock, the man 

 being allowed 40 Ibs. of grain per month. 



Soil : Juar is grown both on rich and on poor soil and 

 though it does best on deeply cultivated rich loam (like the 

 black cotton soil of Southern India\ it is a very hardy crop 

 and it stands drought well, though it is not a deep rooted 

 crop like maize, and poor soils are usually chosen for grow- 

 ing it. Indeed if rich land is chosen for this crop the yield 



